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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
IN a BLIZZARD.
A Dakota Farmers Unpleasant Experience
In n Furious Snow Storm.
Minneapolis Tr1buneI

lhtuucdpOllS ITlDuuc,l
Peter Hannigan, farmer residing near
Glen Ullin, d. T., gave to a reporter very
interesting account of terrible expert
ence he had in a snow-storm. II was out
prospecting near Cannon-Ball river, south
Of Glen Ulin ana was camped in a shel
tered spot for the night. / had a good
supply OF quilts and blankets, and made
my bed in the wagon, with thin boards for
a cover, the cover being fastened down by
a rope which went under the box. Being
comfortably fixed, j soon fell asleep, the
horses being tied TO the front end of tn
wagon. The storm came on during tn,
night, the wind being in a directio
to blow the snow over the bank
directly on the wagon and horses.
was awakened in the night by the break
ing down of the wagon cover from the
weight of snow upon it. When l got out
the snow was pouring over the bank upon
the wagon and horses at a rate that would
have covered them completely in an hours
time. The wind blew gale and the
night was as dark as Egypt. Without any
light managed to harness the horses tc
the wagon, and moved a short distance &c
point where the snow did not sift over
the bank cutie as fast. BY this time
was wet with the driving snow and some
what chilled, and the horses were wet
too, and chilled. i took two OF my quilt:
and fastened one on each horse and tooi
two blankets and wrapped thcm around
myself. 1t was then probably about two
O'Clock in the morning. To keep from
freezing l began walking backward and
forward until day-brcak, and as the
morning brought no abatement o1
the storm 1 kept up the trampine
during the entire day and al
of the following night and into
the second day. In the afternoon of the
second day there was little lull in the
storm. During this time ! had no fire mol
any thing TO eat for myself or horses
When the lull came cut some brush from
he back of the creek and succeeded in
&.ndling a fire sufficient to make sons
coffee and thaw out some of my pro
visions, and thus l got something TO eat
was enabled to get water for my horse.
and get them feed on the tall grass grow
ing on the bank of the creek near by The
storm was still too furious to venture out
on the prairie, and put in another night
the cooley. The next morning / started
for Glen Ullin. reaching home in tive
days, stopping over night on the way at
ranch on the Heart river. My horses wer,
In an exhausted and nearly famished con
dition when l reached home"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
MARVELLOUS CHEEK.
How o Bibulous Legal LumInary Aston
ished Iowa's Supreme Justices.
ICn,cncr,

tCnicago News
Perhaps the most astounding case of
contempt on record is the one in which
Chief Justice Miller of Iowa was non-
plussed years ago. The five members of
the Supreme bench were rectifying the
errors and approving the DEGREES of the
lower courts with the usual precision and
dignity. Among the lawyers sat man
distinguished IN the Western part of the
State for his great Talents and reck-
less conviviality. lie blInlSed and nod
led insen sIbly at the court The case in
which he appeared as plaintiffs attorney
he had won step by step through months
OF litigation. When it was called ne arose
uncertainty to enter appearance, and add
ed: ssMay it please the court, am con-
vinced Of having committed great mis-
take in this case. Justice and truth are
on the side of the defendant. All my
sympathies are with the defendant, and
if your honors will decide in favor Of the
defendant I'll give you five dollars" The
silence of several minutes following
was almost sitting. At length Justice
Miller found speech: s.Sir,n said he,
puffing up with apoplectic symptoms
s.your condition can not excuse nor your
reputation save you. Such an indignity
-" May it please the court.n inter.
rnpted the lawyer, steadying himself with
the back Of his chair, II think you misap-
prehend me. What intended to say was
that If the court would decide this case in
favor Of the defendant viii give each OF
yolr honors five dollars, At this the
chief justice collapsed, and the offender
was led from the court room The bench
decided that commensurate punishment
was heyond the Jurisdiction of the court
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY.
The Strange Apparition Seen ~ Two Vera
cious California .-unte:S.
Lventura (Cal.) Free Press.

cious California .-unte:s.
Iventura CCal.) Free Press.
Parties returning from hunting trips to
Ghe mountains often tell strange tales of
heir experience when miles away from
human habitation, of conflicts with grizzly
Bears, mountain lions, etc, but by far the
most weird story we have heard is told by
Two well-known young men of this place,
who were on prospecting tour near Cob
olestone Mountain, at the northern bound
Rry of this county. The story they tell
and they are willing to take their oath on
he truth of the statement-is about as
follow:
One cold night they were simultane-
eusly awakened about twelve o'clock
by the noise Of cracking brush that
had been thrown on the fire. They
lrose, to sitting posture and saw the
agure Of an Indian woman standing by
the fire. She was dressed in q robe Of
gayly'colored material that almost reach
I'd TO her feet A glistening necklace,
evidently of gold and silver, enriched her
aeck, and hanging pendant from this were
Rnumber of bears claws. Her black hair
reached below her waist. In her ears
were large hoop earrings of gold.
Upon seeing the form, one of the young
men instinctively reached for his rifle by
ais side, while the other stared in amaze
nent at seeing such sight in the dead of
he night and thirty miles from any house.
When the figure saw the motion made TO
reach the rifle she motioned for them not
tofire and moved down the trail, beckonIng
70 them. Before disappearing from view
she again beckoned to them, but they
were too dumfounded to follow.
The next morning they followed the
trail, and, after much difficulty, traced the
footprints to the base of high cliff about
mile from the camp. The rest of the
story told is to this effect: "When
awoke,'' said one of the young men, 81
was Mortified. i could not move to save
my life. was frozen with astonishment.
The next morning we discussed the mat
ter and determined to investigate. So the
1ext night we took our blankets and went
20 the base of the cliff. AT about mid
hight, the same hour. the figure appeared
20 US. We saw bright, phosphorescent
light on the brow OF the cliff and
am sure we heard voice call
ng: "MoeneeahI Meeneeahr' several
times. This is the strangest experience
Lever passed through. never have be-
heyed in ghosts, but would like to know
what this was. II it was woman, how
lid she come there at tn at time, thirty
miles from civilization!"
An old Indian tradition is to the effect
that many, many years ago an Indian
naiden-Meeneeah, the only daughter of
chief was lost in this region ami starved
70 death near the place called Squaw Flat.
1t is said that different camping parties
have seen the phosphorescentl light spoken
If in the vicinity where these young men
were camped. Can this be parallel case
with that Of the Indian women abandoned
IN San Nicolas Island for eighteen yearsl
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
The PRosPEcToa.
His Peculiarly Hopeful Disposition Under
Disheartenins Circumstances.
TChicayo Heraldl


IChicago Herald
''The queerest thing in the whole mining
business to me-" said bright-eyed and
talkative passenger from the West named
Eastman, lis the prospector. / should
think some good writer would take up the
prospector and make hero of him. or put
him in play as the central figure. rhe
typical pros pector is certainly a study.
he comes into town all excited; he flies so
high he can hardly touch the ground with
his feet. His face is radiant, ana he can
hardly abstain from talking with every
one he meets. Finally he picks out a we'll
to-do citizen, takes HIM aside and whis-
pers in his ear:
"i've struck her. Struck her rich this
time. Got her sure. A big lead: sure
fortune. All l want is a chance to show
her up. Say, grub-stake me and III give
you half. It's a fortune for both OF US,
and no mistake
Probably this citizen doesn't put up
the grub-stake. He has heard the same
story before But somebody does-a grub
stake, you know, is an outfit for working
mining claim, consisting chiefly of food
to keep the prospector going while at
work digging-and away he goes, hopping
and skipping, into the mountains.
'1n few months he returns. His
plumage hangs between his legs, as il
were. He looks sheep;sh and shame faced.
lie sneaks around the camp q few hours
and finally musters up enough courage to
so to his hacker and report the failGre Of
the claim.
I'm few weeks or months the same rer-
formance is gone through with again.
Again he is just as confident as he was be-
fore, just as radiant, quite as sure that he
has struck her-struck her at last, and
big at that, by gosh He gets another
grub-stake, and fairly flies with wings
into the mountains. A few more
months and he is back again, just
as shame-faced as he was the
other time, quite as crestfallen. In this
way he goes on year after year. Why,
know men of this sort who have been en- /.
gagged in that way for ten or twelve years
Two or three times a year they are rich
and as many times poor. Hope seems
eternally springlng from their breasts.
They are now no less confident when they
think they have struck q rich thing than
they were as tenderfeet-no less radiant
or extravagant in their promises. Most
men could, after six or eight years of this
sort of thing, lose a little of their buoy
ancy, at least tone themselves down a
little. But not so with the prospector
He goes on and on, hunting for grub
stakes, winning fortunes in h;s mind and
losing them, in fact, until death comes to
his relief"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
Two Glasses of Women Often Shabbishly
Treated by the Thoughtless.
Harrisburg telegraph

Harrisburg Telegraph
A sfa~p-turned paragraph in a paper ]
have just laid down says something mean
about old maids. Why guy the old maidsl
Every pert paragrapher flashes his wit at
the defenseless maiden well up in years.
1t isn't right, and he ought to be ashamed
Of himself. Dog-gone a man, anyhow, who
will poke finn at a woman. All, funny man,
you little know the sorrow sometimes con-
cealed beneath the prim exterior Of the
old maid. You can not ken the blighted
hopes, the withered love, the bright
dreams unrealized, the apples Of ashes
that fell to her lot, and all that made her
an old maid. Go on, funny boy; poke your
cheap wit at the dear old girl: say alleged
humorous things about her and make her
feel bad in her loneliness. Some day ~
may need the old maid, and OF you mirth.
Iro7oking son-of-a-gun, may she be on
hf nj when you want her, with every drop
OF Christian charity squeezed out of her
heart. and gall and bitterness in its place
to make it pleasant for you-O! so pleas
ant that you will wish you were dead and
buried one thousand seven hundred feet
underground before you ever poked fun at
the old maid.
And there is the mother-in-law. Mister
Funny Man-you poke fun at her, too
Some day. good sir, you will be married,
ard it's shekels to dried apples that your
wife viii have mother who knows yor
Ike book, and who. To use the vernacu-
lar Of the street, '.has it in for you" ]
hope she will give you a regular red-paint
razzle-dazzle me boy, and that she viii
make you walk the floor and groan and
curse the day you were born. You know
that the mother-in-law is not all she is
painted Why, what would we do withou
the mother-in-lawl (Not me-what are
you smiling atl) The dear, good, kindly
old soul who overlooks the faults of her
daughters husband, and who smooths on
the household wrinkles, and keeps things
straight, and puts things to rights when
they don't go straight, ana takes care Of
her babies and sees that they are started
in life properly, and often comes in handy
when there is q bill to pay and nobody
with money to pay ft-what would some
fellows do without motherin-lawl Dear
mel sometimes wish that had one.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30

The young men attending the Harvard
Medical School have prejudice against
the female students, one Of whom Is Miss
Annie Copeland, Of Bridgewater. They
called her TO attend case Of fracture Of q
leg. The patient was man fifty years
old, and when the lady exposed the dam
aged member she found it to be broken
wooden leg. She sent for hammer and
ails, made substantial repairs and
charged twenty-five dollars, the collections
Of which she enforced by the aid Of Coz
stabla
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
A Mordcrn Orpheus In California.
[Alta California;

Festus McDonouga, an Alameda (Cal.)
convict, who escaped from sheriff b.
jumping from moving train, owed his re.
capture TO his love of music. He is fine
performer on tho flute, and in his fight
across the country after leaping from the
cars he lost joint Of his flute. He re.
traced his steps for seven miles in vain
search for it, and in this Way lost so much
time that the sheriff overhaulcd him. lie
was given new flute on condition that he
woul1 dijclose whore hs buried his hand
cuffs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
LooAN'S ANCESTRY.
How the Late Senator Acquired His Mark
ed Traces OF Indian Descent.

[Chicago Tribune1
The story of the Logan ancestry and of
how General Logan inherited or ACQUIRED
ais appearance of having Indian blood IN
his veins has never been published, never
sarrectly, at least and is quite interest
ing. General Logan's aunt, Mrs. Margaret
Phelps, the sole SURVIVOR of that genera
ton, bright and wonderfully intelligent
Did lady, says that her father and family
smigrated from County Monaghan, Ire
land, in 1893 Her father was then a child of
i've. Her grandfather, who was one of
the Scotch Presbyterian settlers of
Ulster, lived to be one hun
ired and eighteen. The family first
.ettled in Maryland, and then moved TO
ohio. Her father was a stock breeder,
md her brother John, General Logan's
ather, often made journeys South to sell
'tock in New Orleans and other cities. On
one of these trips he met the widow of
Frenchmsn named Laramie, one of whose
sons Fort Laramie is named after. The
widow was half Indian, half French-beau-
tiful, well educated and wealthy. By this
wife DR.. Logan had one child, girl. Lo-
gan had picked up some medical training
at various places, and, it is said,
got degree during one of his
stays at Natchez, Mss. DIR. Logan's
WIG Oleu IN ISL ana ne SuOSo-
luently married Elizabeth Jenkins, the
sister of Lieutenant-Governor Jenkins
General Logan was the first child by the
second marriage. DR.. James Robarts, Of
Carbondale, Ill, warm friend of General
Logan and his father, comes into the story
at this point, for DR.. Robarts is authority
for this curious tale: ''It is physiologic-
al fact that the first child by second
marriage frequently resembles the de-
ceased wife or husband to an extraordi-
nary degree. General Logan's case is the
most wonderful illustration of this fact l
ever heard of. The Generals father, Dr.
Logan, was rather dark, but not
swarthy, while his mother was blue
eyed and fair-hairei. Yet General Logan,
strange as it may seem, inherited the In
dian features and complexion of Dr.
Logan's half-breed wife who died several
years previously. The first Mrs. Logan
was beautiful, as those half-breed women
often are, and was comparatively fair,
much fairer, indeed, than her daughter,
General Logan's half sister, or than the
General himself. The grandchildren OF
the Generals half-sister, by the by, living
in Carbondale, Ill, show strongly marked
traces of their Indian descent, though
down to the fourth generation"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
Peculiar Erect Of a aIlik DIct.

In these days, when milk diet is so In.
discriminatory recommended as the best
Of all possible diets, it is worth noting
that cases sometimes occur in which milk
IS positively injurious. Such a case has
lately been brought to the attention of the
medical world in Paris, where a man.
fed on eight quarts Of milk day, became
excessively thin, and was otherwise in
iuriously affected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
A Gem In the Advertising Line.

In museum in Minneapolis Is pro-
fessional knife thrower, who throws
knives all around q young woman as she
stands against board and never cuts her.
The act is common. The advertisement is
not, being gem of its kind: .sIn the Curio
Hall the yellow-turbaned wonder, Refia
Bey, the Deadly Terror Of the Soudan, who
will impale with huge and dangerous
knives OF keen, piercing blades beautiful
Turkish maiden This Is picture Of
savage sport unexceIled in detail Of heart
thrilling cruelty. This marvel Of the
Blue Nile is perfect miracle Of precision,
md astounds the beholder with his cum
ming dexfer:fy. p -.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
Correction of a False Rumor

The report that the joke about the Chi.
cago woman's foot had been taken into
dry-dock for repairs was the base inyeu-
ton OF the numerous proprietors OF anoth-
er chestnut The JOKE about the Chicago
woEan's foot still spreads itself over the
periodical literature of the land, and
grushes a million readers daily.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
0 u r
New Quarters +!

We are nOtC established in our ne,C store
room, ichere our facilities are better than
erer for displaying our large stock Of Dry
Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, CIothing
Hats and Caps.
The room is @5-IOO feet, and ii is packed
from floor to ceiling ,Csth sedsonable goods.
We do not pretend to be selling out an old
lCOrn stock at greatly reduced figures, for
zee are not. Our stock is fresh and ,celt-
selected; none Of It is sheB-lcorn; but
ererything IRE handle is .tirst-cIass and is
certain to gire satisfaction.
We tciH be glad to hare a risit from
CUery man and sOoman in the county
tcfether they desire to purchase or not. We
trould hare them eranline the neatest and
most complete Dry Goods House in the
county.
BVeriey. Dark 6 Runyan,
MEDICINE LODGE.
p. S.-Our Merchant Tailoring Dep
artnlent is notc located in rooms orer our
store. We hare none but competent and
first class sOOrknen employed and a large
stock of fashionable goods.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
hTedioine Lodge Oncers.
anrIRTIRa

A. r. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. u
IN Regular communications, hrst and
" ~ third Saturday evenings In each
!" month. I. W. STOUT, WIN
A. n. MCKINNEY, Secretary.
MEDiCINE LoDoE CHAFTER X. A. NJ, u. ID.
meets nc Masonic hall every 2d aud ith Tuesday
evening. Gro. X. STONE, II. r.
y. L. sHREAvEs. Secretary.
n II q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 3D.
VI ns Os llcg,ilar Communications, hrst
and third Monday evenings IN each month.
ALICE v. YANT, W. NJ.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30

~ 10. q. F., Pioneer Lod
,AW.kN6 No. tT0-Hcgitlur meetings
A ~ ~ every Tuesday cven.ngN
iting brethren I'm good stand
ing cordially invited.
AN. ALLEN. ". G..
~. ID. RECORD. Sec.
ENSIGN FNCAMPMENT No. Gs, \. q. q. r.
Meets first aud third Friday OF each month
Visiting Patriar'hs cordinlly y invited to attend
J. l.. NEtSOH, H.P JOHN HIGOINs. Z. Il.
l.. X. HUBBAED, \. W. W. III. MCCAGUE, ,.
NAOMI No. NJ. REBECCA DEGREE, I. O.O.F.
Meets the "a and tth Friday nights, each month.
Mrs. BERTHA SINGER, N.G,
W. n. McCague, sccy.
n X d ELDRED POST No. l14, meets
", "a, n, the last Saturday IN cneh month
OF the court house In Medicine Lodge, at 4. ".
All comrades cordially invited.
I'LL SMITH, Post Commander.
n. n. GILBERT, Adjutant.
a., a. O. u w. SHSs''J HSs E$fs. n $ S9
JoHN DoHRER, Recorder.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30

DEIrHIA LODGE, No. TAO. X. OF p. meets ON
Monday evening of each week. at odd Fellows
hall. Visiting Knights In good standing invi-
ted 10 attend. n. A. BRowH, e. &.
W n. MCCAoUR Il. as.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
SanRn.
Maverick National Bank
BOSTON, MASS.

Accounts OF BANKS, Bankers and Corpora
tions solicited.
Our facilities for COLLECTIONS are ex-
cellent and We re-dlscount for Banks when
balances @arTaut 1t.
Bos on is Reserve City, and balances with
us from Banks mot located in other Reserve
Citics) count AZ q reserve.
We draw our own Exchange on London and
the Continent. and make Gable transfers and
place money by telegraph throughout the
United states and Canada.
Government Bonds bought and sold, and
Exchanges In Wash ngton made for Banks
without extra charge.
We have a market for prime 6rst- class In
vestment securities, and invite proposals from
States. Counties and Cities when issuing
bonds.
We do general Banking business. and in
vte correspondence.
ASA p. POTTER, President.
JOS. W. WORK, Cashier.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
RAPoRTs.

Per steamship VIM Crane, for BALTIMORE
Az bales cotton, GO1 bbls rice. 30 bdls hides,
1898 bbls rOsin. 1888 bbls spirits turpentlnc. so
bales dOmestiGs and yarns. 1000 feet lumber.
80 rolls leah r, 500 crates yegetablesand fruit,
so bbls vegetables, 10 bbls fresh fsh, 1853 pkgs
mdse.
Yer steamship Nymphaea tBr). for Reval--
5000 bales upland cotton. weighing 2,sTs.se0
pounGs-Muir, Duck worth Il Co.
Per schr ienry Souther. for Philadelphia
52S8a7 feet w lumber Nc Donough X Co.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
MIL tim Der 81 below these figures.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.

2oULTRY-Market Steady; receipts heavy;
demand light for grown; half to three quar-
tiers grown IN good request; EGGs-Market
Irregular, with fair demand: receipts very
light. PBANUTs-Ample stock: demand fair;
market firm ana advancing. SUGAR-GeOr-
gla and Florida nom nal: none in market.
qoEs-Scarce; receipts very light; demand
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16

The following special to the MORNING NEWS
is publ shed for the benefit Of our Florida
and Georgia readers and those Interested In
'ruts and vegetables. and canbe relied upon
as accurate ana reliable:
Special 10 Morning Neans.
PHILADELPHIA! March Is Florida oranges,
$2a4 per box, as to stock; active demand.
Peas, Florida, per crate, 81 50a3 %; beans,
Florida. per crate, s2a3 so; tomatoes, Florida,
T5ca1 per peck; cucumbers, Florida, per
~ 25aS SO; asparagus 30a35c per bunch; straw
berries, 30a35c per quart, for such as are
picked before full ripe and expressed in the
ventilated packages. PANACOST II GRIFFIwH.